A Suspicious Deliverance

[Verse 1]
Once there was a place an experiment
It would hold up to the tide
It would hold up to the chameleons
And the many shapes of time
Then there was a claim of experience
In the ways of modern crime
In the ways of using deliverance
To rob you of your mind
To rob you of your mind
Your mind, your mind
All right

[Chorus]
There goes a reputation
Of a dying nation
It's like the Rome of ancient
Reaching a trepidation
Look at the movie star
Look at him Captain Picard
Show me an observation
Of a better civilization
Hey (Ah-oooh)

[Verse 2]
Once there was a place an experiment
It would be a place to hide
For the weary and disobedient
For the seekers of the light
Then there was a claim of resilience
In the face of growing cries
In the face of threats anonymous
From without the borderline
From without the borderline
Borderline, borderline

[Chorus]
There goes a modulation of a chain negation
It's like a separation of a population
Look at the movie star
Look at him, Captain Picard
Show me an observation of a better civilization

[Post-Chorus]
I see a degradation
I see a relegation
Like the Greeks of ancient
Reaching a trepidation
Look at the movie star
Look at him, Captain Picard
Show me an observation of a better civilization

[Outro]
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh